Alarmed by the declining child sex ratio (CSR) in the country, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has called a meeting of the concerned Central ministries on Friday to take stock of the situation. The meeting, to be chaired by the principal secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr T.K.A.Nair, will discuss how this problem can be dealt with “on a war-footing” and the alarming trend arrested.

The government on Friday ruled out recalling the '50 most wanted' list given to Pakistan after two more fugitives figuring in it were traced in India but said the document is being reviewed.

The Supreme Court on Thursday called for the details of the two sets of charges framed against Sikkim high court chief justice P.D. Dinakaran in the impeachment process to examine whether the three-member inquiry committee probing the charges had overstepped its limit.

The fate of DMK MP Kanimozhi, charge sheeted by the CBI for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum case along with former telecom minister A. Raja, is to be decided today by a Delhi court.

A turf battle between ministries like home, finance and defence is believed to have delayed the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid) project. The Union home ministry appears to be holding the baton alone, as senior government officials disclosed that the ministeries housed at North Block and South Block are backing off from giving their stamp of approval to the Natgrid proposal envisaged by Union home minister P. Chidambaram post 26/11.

The Allahabad high court on Friday directed the Enforcement Directorate to investigate charges of money laundering against Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, saying that the probe should commence within two weeks.

In another embarrassing incident for India’s premier investigating agency CBI, its officers headed off to Copenhagen seeking the extradition of the main accused in the 1995 Purulia arms drop case, Kim Davy, carrying an expired warrant for his arrest. This fact came to light when the defence lawyer found the discrepancy in the government documents.

India is likely to send a revised list of fugitives to Pakistan after a thorough verification and a correction process in the wake of errors creeping up in the '50 most wanted terrorists' list.

Bihar’s embattled cooperative minister Ramadhar Singh of the BJP, who faces charges of being a proclaimed absconder for 16 years in a chargesheeted case, was out of the state Cabinet on Thursday after governor Devanand Konwar accepted his resignation that came recommended by chief minister Nitish Kumar.

Amid different views expressed by the law ministry and the Attorney General on the issue of Army chief's age, defence minister A.K. Antony on Friday maintained silence on it, saying whenever the government took a view, it would be announced.